[Air-l] trace/elo chat 16 sept

[jeremy hunsinger]

>Electronic literature is becoming a major force in the academic
>world--from course materials to journals online to electronic
>literature. The trAce/ELO chat on Sunday September 16 (in Lingua MOO)
>will discuss these burning issues.  We would like your input--where do
>
>you think new media literature and electronic publishing fit in the
>long standing traditions of academic presses?
>
>We'll meet with Jeremy Hunsinger with Virginia Tech Press, Gregory
>Newby with Project Gutenberg, and the Association of University
>Presses to discuss:
>
>      How can we ensure that electronic literature and criticism count
>in the world of publish  or perish?
>      How do we do peer review and ensure high standards on web
>publications?
>      How do we handle new issues such as electronic rights and
>distribution?
>
>Jeremy Hunsinger with Len Hatfield and Timothy Luke is a founder of
>the Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
><http://www.cddc.vt.edu/index2.html> at Virginia Tech. The Center is
>home to the Virginia Tech Press. During his career at Virginia Tech,
>Jeremy has participated in several major projects aimed at changing
>the academy including online education, electronic publication, and
>the redefinition of academic work. The CDDC's current project, the
>Virginia Tech Press seeks to re-envision academic publishing and the
>goals of publishing in general in order to bring about a new awareness
>of the broader bounds of  scholarship that is emerging with new
>technologies.
>
>  Gregory B. Newby, Assistant Professor in the School of Information
>and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. One
>of his favorite volunteer activities is his work as the main FTP
>manager, mailing list maintainer and
>auxiliary tech guru for Project Gutenberg <http://www.promo.net/pg/>.
>This is a free collection of thousands of electronic texts, including
>most of the world's great literature.
>
>----WHEN----
>
>Chats are on Sundays at  22:00 Rome, 21:00 London,  16:00 New York,
>14:00 Denver,13:00 L.A, and 06.00 Sydney (Mon).
>
>We will have a half hour practice before the actual chat, the official
>
>archived chat runs an hour, and people are free to continue after the
>chat.
>
>The third Sunday of  every month we have a special program chat.  On
>all the other Sundays, please join us in the trAce webboard chat for a
>
>general discussion of  writing, electronic literature, and other
>topics.
>
>Directions for  using the Lingua MOO and the chat webboard are at the
>bottom of this  message.
>
>You can get more information on the chat schedule and read archives at
>
>http://www.eliterature.org/com/index.shtml or email
>chathost at eliterature.org
>
>
>----------HOW TO JOIN IN ON LINGUA MOO--------------------
>Go to http://lingua.utdallas.edu:7000
>Click on the LOG IN button on the left hand side
>Type in your name at the prompt
>Once in the MOO, type "@go eliterature" to get to the electronic
>literature chat room.
>
>
>--------HOW TO JOIN IN ON THE trAce WEBBOARD------------------
>
>You need to sign in to the WebBoard to use the Chat at
>http://hum-webboard.ntu.ac.uk/~trace.
>
>Click on the CHAT button in the  blue menu (the top toolbar)
>
>Allow the applet to load (be patient!)
>
>Alternatively, use an IRC client such as mIRC (PC) or IRCLE (Mac)
>
>Point your client at
>  hum-webboard.ntu.ac.uk port 7000 and join the channel #trace.
>
>For more information, see <http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/online/moo.htm>
>
>----OUR FALL LINE UP OF CHATS----
>
>October 21 (in trAce WebBoard)
>  FrAme 6: Net : Spirit in WebBoard.  Join frAme's authors, editors,
>and readers to discuss the overarching issues of spirituality on the
>net.
>
>  November 18: Converging electronic art and lit (in Lingua MOO)
>Electronic literature is rapidly becoming indistinguishable from art
>
>December 16 (in trAce WebBoard)
>Alt X and e-publishing.
>
>----------MORE LINKS -------------
>
>
>These chats are a joint production of:
>trAce <http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/>
>Electronic Literature Organization <http://www.eliterature.org/>
>
>
>For more information, please email me at chathost at eliterature.org
>
>
>Hope to see you there!
>
>Deena Larsen
>

Jeremy Hunsinger          	http://www.cddc.vt.edu
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